Dravid joins 10,000-run club

Rahul Dravid of India on Saturday became the sixth batsman in history to score 10,000 Test runs when he reached 80 in the first Test against South Africa here. The 35-year-old former captain chalked up an innings of 111, his 25th Test century, before he was caught in the slips by Jacques Kallis off Makhaya Ntini after lunch on the fourth day.
Dravid, playing his 120th Test, averages 55.41 with a personal best of 270 against Pakistan in Rawalpindi in 2004. Of the six batsmen in the exclusive club, only Dravid, Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar have scored more than 10,000 runs in both Test and one-day cricket.
LIST OF BATSMEN IN THE 10,000-RUN CLUB:

=============================================================

Brian Lara (WIS)           131 Tests 11,953 runs 34 centuries

Sachin Tendulkar (IND)     147 Tests 11,782,runs 39 centuries

Allan Border (AUS)         156 Tests 11,174 runs 27 centuries

Steve Waugh (AUS)          168 Tests 10,927 runs 32 centuries

Sunil Gavaskar (IND)       125 Tests 10,122 runs 34 centuries

Rahul Dravid (IND          120 Tests 10,031 runs 25 centuries

=============================================================